Remember when Rectangularea gained parliamentary representation?
The regrettably segregated population broke down into parties as follows.
Gerrymandericans (g) were concentrated in 4/9 of the land
while Majoricrats (m) pervaded the other 5/9.
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Rules :
Arrange numbers 1 to 25 to the squares, and each number only occurs once.
Green square is the difference from its left square and its right square.
Green square is also the difference from square above it and square below it.
Solve them without computer.
Answer with explainations
You...
You have the first four prime numbers ($2$,$3$,$5$ and $7$) which are gridded and shown as below:
You are trying to get highest total score you can reach with arranging the numbers by rotating (no reflection allowed) them without overlapping them on each other.
The total score is calculated ...0
A coffee vending machine which only sells 0.5 € coffee cups, accepts only 1 and 0.5 € coins. At a given moment when it is empty of coins, there are m+n people queuing to buy their coffee cups. m of them carries a 1 € coin, while n of them have a 0.5 € one. How many queues are possible if their or...
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A magician (Yes, that's you) has 10 cards, say labelled 0 to 9. Now, the magician's assistant and the magician perform a magic trick:
The magician turns around (so he can't see the cards)
A volunteer from the crowd comes up and arranges the ten cards in any order they want
The assistant now fli...
A, B, C, D and E are five distinct non-negative integers no greater than 99. Can you figure out their values based on the following simple clues?
Not all of the five numbers have the same parity
A + E is even
B is A cubed
C is the least among the five numbers
D is B divided by 2
E is prime
TD:LR - Only the equations and bold question at the bottom are part of the puzzle; the rest is just flufftext.
After a long time of searching for the origin of the device I previously posted about, I have finally managed to track down it's creator. The device comes from a small shop out in a s...
Each year, 9 affluent acquaintances meet to compete in a unique game of chance: each creates a fair six-sided die and rolls against each opponent 100 times -- the player with the most total wins in the end receives a cash prize.
Die-building rules
All six side values must be non-negative integ...
I come from your body, or from your brain
Use me a little to mask all your pain
Use me a lot, the world thinks you're insane
But I'm contagious, so don't break the chain
What am I?
Try to guess with this short riddle:
I am a hidden dictator,
I am in control,
You will follow me blindly,
and you will feel like the happiest of all.
Here's an interesting puzzle.
I won't give its name, as finding it online wouldn't be all that challenging and that would largely ruin the fun here. But here's what the puzzle looks like:
The puzzle consists of 7 movable Dots, colored roughly Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Pink....
